Inventree is an open-source inventory management software that is designed to help manage and track inventory, stock, and manufacturing operations. If you're looking to install Inventree on your Alpine Linux system, follow the steps below:
Before you begin, ensure that you have the following:
First, ensure that your system is up-to-date and all security patches have been installed by running the following command:
sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade
Inventree requires Python 3 to function correctly. To install Python 3 and Pip, run the following command:
sudo apk add python3-dev py3-pip
Inventree has various dependencies that must be installed before proceeding with the installation. Run the following command to install these dependencies:
sudo apk add postgresql-libs gcc musl-dev postgresql-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev
To install Inventree, use pip to download and install the software as shown below:
sudo pip3 install inventree
Before running Inventree, create a PostgreSQL database for it to use. To do this, run the following command on your PostgreSQL server:
sudo su postgres
createdb inventree
To run Inventree, run the command below:
inventree-cli runserver
Once you've successfully run the command above, open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000/ to access the Inventree interface.
Conclusion Inventree is now installed on your Alpine Linux system, and you can start using it to manage inventory and manufacturing operations. If you encounter any issues along the way, refer to the Inventree documentation for more information.
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